Happy Saturday and the first of two hops!! This is for Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features an all green card! I had a lot of fun creating this card for you today – It is soo festive! I started with these beautiful die cuts from Birthday Jubilee Dies… [Read More]
Stamparatus Fun
Happy Friday! I have a trio of products to share with you today! I am having a couple of Stamparatus classes. I use them in my Card Buffets a lot, but the setting up an be tricky. I figured I’d show three different common techniques how to use the wonderful tool! The card on the… [Read More]
Memorable Birthday
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Nice, earthy colors! Great for a anyone, but makes for a real nice masculine card – Wouldn’t you agree? I am excited that I finally got the Timeless Tropical bundle in along with the Tropical Oasis Designer Series… [Read More]
Welcome New Grandbaby
Ohhhh, I am soo excited!! My friends daughter, which is also my daughters childhood friend, just had a baby girl yesterday! Of course I just had to celebrate card style – Isn’t this the sweetest!?!?!?! I started with a sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches – I was soo excited I just didn’t know where… [Read More]
Welcome Easter
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : This is an adorable challenge for the next two weeks!!! I used the layout and from the picture I used the colors. I went an adorable Easter card – Right?? See what I mean? I started with a base that… [Read More]
Happy Birthday Lovely
Happy Spring break for many! I’m getting geared up for my March Card Buffet soon! And, challenges always get my creativity flowing! Today I was inspired to create this birthday gem – I used the Umbrella Builder punch to create adorable flowers!! I just love to use this punch for flowers!!! The leaves are die… [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – Green Monochromatic
Hello stampers! Feeling green today with our fabulous blog hop? This is our inspirational picture and colors to create from – What great colors! I just love a good shade of green! Probably my favorite, and soon to retire, green from Stampin’ Up! is Call Me Clover. It made for such a lovely card –… [Read More]
Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe – March Challenge
Welcome to our March month long challenge for the Joy of Sets! Here is our latest monthly challenge grid – Some great options to choose from! I went with Birthday, Punch, Food – I love this tropical style card! Great for anyone! I started with a pineapple that I had die cut from the In… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – One Layer Cards
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features one layer card! This can be a challenge! But, grab your Stamparatus and it will make it a lot easier for this card – Isn’t this cool using the Sale-a-bration* stamp set, Happy Birthday to You? Looks pretty easy, but… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Spring Wedding
Happy Friday! Time to share some great designs with my Blogging Friends –Our theme this month is Spring Wedding! I was inspired by this gorgeous new Designer Series Paper, Flowering Foils for this beauty – This new paper is a new *Sale-a-bration option! Wahoo! I used a generous piece on a Silver Foil-Edged Card. I… [Read More]
Hello Fabulous!
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – I had fun with this one this week – I started with the Best Dressed Designer Series Paper. One of the patterns has images already designed and colored! I took to fussy cutting them as my inspiration…. [Read More]
New Sale-a-Bration Items!
Hello my friends! Have you seen the new perks for Sale-a-Bration? Here they are – Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper So Very Vellum Designer Series Paper Well Dress Stamp Set Rise & Shine Stamp Set Tags in Bloom I look forward to creating with all these new options over the next few weeks! How… [Read More]
Golden Painted Poppies Birthday
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Letters / Numbers So I missed the optional theme and the flagged banner. Ooooppps. It is still a lovely card within the sketch guidelines! It happens sometimes. I started with a base of Pool Party. I added a couple of… [Read More]
Hello
Happy Monday! Time for something new and some challenges for inspiration! How about this new gorgeous Soft Sea Foam vellum from the So Very Vellum Designer Series Paper pack – Isn’t this just soo lovely?? I started with a Whisper White base. The Soft Sea Foam card stock is smaller than the vellum piece to show… [Read More]
We Create – Swing Into Spring
Happy March 1st! Time for a blog hop! Our theme this month is Spring! I tried my hand at the Sale-a-bration stamp set, Thoughtful Blooms. What a wonderful ‘swing card’! See it in action – As you open it, the front panel goes through the rectangle opening in the front. As it is fully opened,… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Special Technique
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features cards using a special technique. I decide to go with an oldie, painters tape and an ink pad. Here’s the finished card – How did I create the stripe background? I first grabbed supplies : a piece of Whisper White… [Read More]
Friends Like You
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I have been itching to use this new stamp set from the 2020 Mini catalog, Positive Thoughts. This is what I came up with – I am soo excited as there are coordinating dies for it too,… [Read More]
Happy Birthday, Poppy
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Flower Power I decided to make these adorable punched flowers – I used Poppy Parade ink and card stock for the flowers and sentiment. The flowers are created using the Under My Umbrella bundle. They are actually a folded up… [Read More]
